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bebop minor (Dorian bebop) scale

bebop minor (Dorian + 3)

What color?

Dorian plus the major third as a passing tone between the b3 and the eleventh: eight notes that smooth out eighth-note phrasing over a minor chord. Slides from the b3 to the 3 bebop-style.

Origin & history

A "bebop" scale built on the Dorian: a chromatic passing tone ensures that the chord tones fall on the strong beats. A phrasing tool inherited from the bebop of the 1940s.

Which chords to play it on?

The jazz consensus (Aebersold) recommends it on:

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